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System 1.0 (1984)
System 2.0 (1985)
System 3.0 (1986)
System 4.0 (1987)
System Software 5 (1987)
System Software 6 (1988)
System 7 (1991)
Mac OS 8 (1997)
Mac OS 9 (1999)
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If most of you are like me, your photoshop files are a mess. We have ...
Imho Banksy is absolutely one of the greatest artists of our time.
Enjoy these lovely and ...
Carlos Zambrano - 02/11/09 -
Nice…!!!!!! great screnshoots!!!
minxlj - 02/11/09 -
Wow…a total flashback! I’m a relatively new Mac user, only coming to the party with OS 6! LOL
Daniel - 03/11/09 -
The dating for Systems 2.0 and 3.0 is… er, questionable.
iris - 04/11/09 -
great archive :D i cant believe the first ones ahah :D thanks for sharing :D
Steo - 04/11/09 -
Woulded be nice to see what was the look of Windows in the same year… :)
Francesco Mugnai - 04/11/09 -
Stay Tuned ;)
lemonmerengue - 04/11/09 -
You should include the Commodore Amiga, at least until their demise, around ’93, if memory serves me well…
racy_rick - 18/12/09 -
You should have had Nextstep versions alongside mac os versions from system 6 on. The major OSes from NeXT were: Nextstep 3.3, Openstep 4.0, 4.5, then it was Rhapsody, then Mac OS X Server, then Mac OS X, etc, etc.
Mac os x is a direct descendant of nextstep, many (most?) of the functions are even preceded by NS_ and the os is in many ways just a refinement of ideas originally taken shape in 1987 and 1988.
Nico_Ka - 18/12/09 -
Beautiful pictures!
I just started with the latest OS 10.4 and now I’m using 10.6. I do also have a wonderful vintage Mac – a Macintosh Performa 5200 with OS 8. And even using the OS 8 system today makes me amazed and facinated. I do love every system of the Apple-machinery!
Zeke - 19/12/09 -
Wow. Less than 50% of your site’s fixed width design goes to the *actual content* here? This is painful. Skipped to the comment section, not bothering to read your content or ads which you obviously want to prioritize.
Francesco Mugnai - 19/12/09 -
Well, i’m sorry to read this but it’s an “inspirational” blog (like a photoblog) and a redesign is coming soon (that will be much better).
If you like the topics…stay tuned, you will have a nice surpirse ;)
Vishal - 20/12/09 -
The interesting thing is the interface hasn’t really fundamentally changed in over 20 years.
Francesco Mugnai - 21/12/09 -
I agree, that’s pretty interesting
Jon - 21/12/09 -
So System 3.0 actually came out a year before 2.0? Why?
Francesco Mugnai - 21/12/09 -
Just fixed it. Thanks!
Christoph - 19/02/10 -
if you’re interested in the history of apple’s operating systems check out this pdf http://osxbook.com/book/bonus/chapter1/
it’s written by amit singh, author of the great mac os x internals book
Cattus Thraex Thraex - 23/03/10 -
Mac OS 8.7 is, by far, the most attractive screenshot, and clearly reflects author’s ability to play with screenshots.
Gianfranco Cotumaccio - 07/03/11 -
Mi commuove vedere tutto questo percorso segnato nella storia dei tempi. Io personalmente sono entrato in questo mondo attivamente dalla versione 6.
Meyn Graphic Design - 07/03/11 -
Design veranderd.
Zo ook Apple!
aka Shaman :) - 07/03/11 -
Nostalgia starts from System 7 as for me :)
Frank Puschmann - 08/03/11 -
MAC OS X Evolution, von Retro bis Zukunft. Und ich war ab OS 7.5 dabei. #apple
Thiago - 09/03/11 -
It’s simply fantastic! See how technology can change in everywhere and in everything! Great post!
Thiago - 09/03/11 -
Mac OS Evolution: from System 1.0 to Snow Leopard (55 images). http://bit.ly/e7bAg5 #Apple #computers
Tiago Calhau - 09/03/11 -
Amei!
Tiago Calhau - 09/03/11 -
Amei!
Lemeb - 10/03/11 -
So interesting…
Mark Neal Co - 10/03/11 -
Makes me feel sentimental. Like watching the family grow up. lol
Cristian Faber - 07/04/11 -
It totally brings tears to my eyes :)
Thierry Tsiba Koutouma - 26/07/12 -
I can not find the words to express my gratitude to Francesco Mugnai for this beautiful work of conservation. You allow me to see my screen 90s, while I was working on an Apple Classic with the 6.0 system – I remember my first editing software: Aldus Page Maker, my favorite game: shuffle P (ping pong)
Francesco Mugnai, bravo! you brought me back in my first LOVE